Statistical analysis of step meandering on Si(113) miscut along a low symmetry azimuth

Surface Science

Volumn 419, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 128-133

  Sudoh, Koichi ^a   Yoshinobu, Tatsuo ^a   Iwasaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Silicon; Surface roughening; Surface structure, morphology, roughness, and topography; Vicinal single crystal surfaces

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

DISTRIBUTION OF KINK LENGTH; KINK EXCITATION ENERGY; KINK-KINK SEPARATION DISTANCE; VICINAL SINGLE CRYSTAL SURFACE;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 0033521362     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(98)00770-5     Document Type: Article

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